A villain, noun, is a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime ("Villain"). Throughout literature villains are often placed in novels and plays to add some depth and conflict; Voldemort in Harry Potter, Iago in Othello, and Sauron in Lord of the Rings are examples of famous villains in literature. In many literary works the villain is simple to locate due to their villainous actions and cruel behaviors, but in some works the villain is difficult to determine due to the multidimensional nature of the characters; some stories do not contain have a villain. Medea by Euripides is one of those works where the villain is not clear. Although the character of Medea was the most malicious individual in the play